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14. Panning Zones Hard Left & Right
If you are using the PC88 in a recording studio or playing live and have the need to run
different sounds out of different outputs, then you need to be able to pan individual
zones hard right or hard left. To follow this tutorial, you will need to have both outputs
of the PC88 plugged into a mixing board or stereo amp. If using a mixing board, make
sure that the two channels are panned hard left and right on the board or you wonÕt hear
the separation.
1.
Create a Piano and Bass split Setup, following tutorial #2. Choose a piano program
for zone 1 and a bass program for zone 2. If zone 1 is not in the display, press the Zone
1 button.
2.
Hold the Controllers button and press the G controller button. The display now
shows Zone:1, Button G, SwType: Toggle. Press the >> button. Press 10, then Enter to
set the On Ctrl to Pan (MIDI controller #10).
3.
Press the >> button. Press 127, then Enter to set the On Value to 127, which will pan
the piano sound hard right. (If you play the piano now, you wonÕt hear it panned yet,
but donÕt worry.)
4.
Press the >> button twice. Press 64, then Enter to set the Off Value to 64, which will
set the pan back to center.
5.
Press the >> button. Set the Entry State parameter to On.
6.
Press the >> button. Set the Exit State parameter to Off.
7.
Press the Zone 2 button. Now repeat steps 2-6 of this tutorial for zone 2, but in Step
3, set the On value to 0, so that the bass will be panned hard left.
8.
Name and Save your Setup. Now press the G button and play. You should hear the
piano on the right and the bass on the left. Press the G button again. Both zones return
to center.
9.
Select a different Setup, then go back to your panned Setup. Notice that the G button
is lights up when you select the Setup. This is accomplished by using the Entry State
parameter. Chose another Setup. Notice that the G button is no longer lit. This is
accomplished by using the Exit State parameter.
The Entry and Exit State parameters are very useful for when you want to assign a
controller to send a specific value of something when you select a Setup without having
to touch that controller (they work similar to the Entry and Exit value parameters for
continuous controllers).
You can set a controller to turn On or Off when you select the setup and when you leave
that setup. If the Entry or Exit State is set to None, then the controller remains as it was
when you select or leave the Setup. For example, if we left the Exit State to None in this
Setup, then the G button would remain turned On when we left this Setup.
